{"id":432052,"date":"2026-10-19T14:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432052\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:32:08","slug":"sunday-on-central-st-petes-halloween-street-fair-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432052\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday on Central: St. Pete\u2019s Halloween street fair is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween, Oct. 31, falls on a Saturday this year. Which is good for late-nighters, who like to party and get their scare on once the moon comes up. That\u2019s after the little costumed trick-or-treaters have scoured their neighborhoods for candy, with parent or guardian in tow, during the sunset hours.<\/p>\n<p>The bay area\u2019s family-friendly public Halloween celebrations happen the weekend before Halloween. St. Petersburg\u2019s Halloween on Central, a joint venture between St. Petersburg\u2019s Grand Central and EDGE districts, is a full sunlight, afternoon spectacular traditionally held on a Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>That means this weekend. That means Sunday, Oct. 25.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the deal: 22 blocks of Central Avenue, between Dr. MLK Jr. (9th) Street to 31st Street, will be closed to vehicular traffic between noon and 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This makes for an all walking and strolling Halloween thoroughfare, with candy stops all along the way for the littlest visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The day also includes live entertainment, food trucks, vendors, unique retailer participation and contests:<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m.: Kids Costume Contest at Mutts and Martinis, 2900 Central<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m.: Pet Costume Contest at Mutts and Martinis, 2900 Central<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m.: Pet Costume Parade, Dog Bar, 2300 Central<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment includes street performers, and stages located at strategic places along the way. There are kids\u2019 activities including face painting, a foam party, a magician and more.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking is available at Tropicana Field in Lots 4, 6, 7, and 11.<\/p>\n<p>The SunRunner and new Spark routes will offer free rides all day. Find route info <a href=\"https:\/\/psta.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a full schedule of performances and activities, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandcentraldistrict.org\/halloween-on-central\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Halloween on Central website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66037\" class=\"wp-image-66037 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Halloween-on-Central.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-66037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo provided.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Halloween, Oct. 31, falls on a Saturday this year. Which is good for late-nighters, who like to party&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-432052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}